DFTG-2373

Quiz # 3: Piping Equipment

Student:_____________________________________________ Date______________

1. Dynamic pumps deliver ______________ quantities of liquid and of three types: radial, axial, and

mixed flow pumps.

2. Centrifugal pumps are most _______________ and make up about 90% of pumps in process piping.

3. The proper functioning of a centrifugal pump depends on its ___ ____ ____ ____.

4. Positive displacement pumps deliver a _________________ volume of liquid on each operating cycle.

5. Equipments are devices that provide power, ______________ and store materials

6. __________________ equipment can be found in petrochemical, pulp and paper, food processing,

brewing and power plants.

7. A pump is a device used for increasing the pressure on a _____________.

8. Pumps are the _________________ of piping facilities.

9. A Compressor is a device used for increasing the pressure on a ____________________.

10. Reciprocating compressors are the most ________________ kind of compressors.

11. Reciprocating compressors operate by trapping a specific amount of gas between a piston and cylinder

wall and _________________ it at a higher pressure.

12. A tank is a storage container with an internal pressure of up to ________ psig.

13. _______________ are tall vertical vessels used to process raw materials into useful products.

14. Reactors are containers where chemical _____________occur and operate under high pressures and

temperatures.

15. _______________ is a heater that is used to keep the temperature of the circulating fluid at its boiling

point.

16. _________________ is a device that converts gas to liquid.

17. __________________ is a device that removes water from liquid compound by steam heating.

18. __________________ is an open tank that receives wastewater and effluents.

19. _______________ and spheroidal tanks are used for fluids with pressures above 5 psig.
20. A vessel is a container with an internal pressure usually above15 psig and can be operated at elevated

_________.

21. A manhole is a special nozzle with an opening of at least ____ in diameter that provides access for

maintenance of equipment.

22. A _______ ________________ is a device that allows the transfer of heat from fluid in one set of pipes

to another fluid without the two fluids mixing in the process.

23. A boiler can be fired by a gas, oil or_______________.

24. NPSH means _____________ _________________ ____________ ________________

25. Pumps are classified into two groups of dynamic and ________________ displacement.

26. A blower is used primarily to _______________ other equipment.

27. Axial flow pump is a type of _______________ pump.

28. Piston pump is a type of positive __________________ pump